Q Who built the Hawal Mahal situated in Jaipur ?
1 Maharaja Chatur Singh
2 Maharaj Man Singh
3 Maharana Pratap Singh
4 Maharaja Sawai Pratap Singh
Q According to the Ashrama system of Vedic life, which of the following was the third stage of life?
1 Vanaprastha
2 Sanyasa
3 Grihastha
4 Brahmacharya
| The 4 Stages of Life | Brahmacharya ( Student ) , Grihastha ( Householder ) , Vanaprastha ( Hermit/Forest Dweller ) , Sannyasa ( Renunciation ) |
Q Who among the following formed the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha in 1929?
1 JM Sengupta
2 Kunwar Singh
3 Jayprakash Narayan
4 Swami Sahajanand Saraswat
Q Who was the first recipient of the ‘Dadasaheb Phalke Award’ , the highest award in Indian cinema ?
1 Devika Rani
3 Tanvi Shah
3 Zeenat Aman
4 Ardeshir Irani
Q With which of the following states is the tribal festival named ‘Madai’ traditionally associated?
1 Tripura
2 Chhattisgarh
3 Tamil Nadu
4 Himachal Pradesh
Q Who led the Company’s army against Sirajuddaulah at Plassey in 1757?
1 Charles Cornwallis
2 Robert Clive
3 Thomas Munro
4 Warren Hastings
Q Peacock Island Temple is also known as ______
1 Kailashnath Temple
2 Jagannath Temple
3 Umananda Temple
4 Tirupati Temple
Q When was Steel Authority of India established ?
1 1952
2 1973
3 1975
4 1984
Q Origami , the art of paper folding , is famous in ___
1 Canada
2 Japan
3 Malaysia
4 The US
Q The Open Hand Monument in Chandigarh was designed by __.
1 Matthew Nowicki
2 Maxwell Fry
3 Le Corbusier
4 Albert Mayer
Q Which of the following novels of Shashi Tharoor is a satirical verse on the epic Mahabharata?
1 Why I Am A Hindu
2 The Hindu Way: An Introduction to Hinduism
3 The Great Indian Novel
4 Tharoorosaurus
Q Gautama Buddha decided to find his own path to realisation , and meditated for days on end under a __ tree at Bodh Gaya in Bihar.
1 Sal
2 Peepal
3 Teak
4 Neem
Q In the Indian Constitution, the Concept of Concurrent list was borrowed from the Constitution of __.
1 Japan
2 Australia
3 Canada
4 Ireland
Q Who among the following wrote in calligraphic style the Hindi version of the original Indian Constitution ?
1 SN Mukherjee
2 Prem Behari Narain Raizada
3 Vasant Krishna Vaidya
4 Nand Lal Bose
Q In the year __, Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, issued special stamps titled ‘Wheat Revolution’ to usher in the Green Revolution.
1 1987
2 1975
3 1943
4 1968
Q What gave a major impetus to the cotton textile industry in India after Independence?
Ans 1. Export of raw cotton to England
2. Partition of India in 1947
3. Swadeshi movement
4. Development of railway network
Q In 1991 , the government set up the Tax Reforms Committee under the Chairmanship of :
1 Vijay Kelkar
2 Raja J Chelliah
3 Narasimha Rao
4 Raghuram Rajan
Q What is the height of the highest peak named ‘Anaimudi‘ located in the Western Ghats?
1 2,637 m
2 2,994 m
3 2,695 m
4 1,965 m
Q Which of the following sports uses an important technique called Fosbury Flop?
1 Wrestling
2 Shot put
3 High Jump
4 Judo
Q Who among the following has authored the play ‘Nil Darpan’?
Ans 1. Chittaranjan Das
2. Girish Karnad
3. Dinabandhu Mitra
4. Dharamvir Bharati
Q Which of the following crop is also kwown as ”Golden Fibre” ?
1 Jute
2 Wheat
3 Sugarcane
4 Rice
Q Identify the Headquarters of the East Coast Railway Zone of India?
1 Bhubaneswar
2 Kolkata
3 Hajipur
4 Gorakhpur
Q Who among the following was the first Indian Women Athlete to win a gold medal in any Asian Games?
1 Durba Banerjee
2 Arti Saha
3 Kamaljeet Sandhu
4 Karnam Malleswari
Q In which year was the Basketball Federation of India set up ?
1 1948
2 1949
3 1950
4 1953
Q Which actor’s autobiography is titled ‘Bad Man’?
1 Amrish Puri
2 Gulshan Grover
3 Ashish Vidyarthi
4 Raza Murad
Q Seval Sandhai is a rural sport in Tamil Nadu, which is a form of:
1 Kite flying
2 Bull-fighting
3 Cock- fighting
4 Martial Arts
Q What is the study of the production and propagation of sound waves called?
1 Optics
2 Photonics
3 Acoustics
4 Astrophysics
Q Mahendravarman I was the ruler of which of the following dynasties?
1 Pallava
2 Pandya
3 Chalukya
4 Chola
Q ___ is the only State of India where the Sangai Deer is found.
1 Assam
2 Manipur
3 Sikkim
4 Tripura
Q Which Article of the Constitution of India provides for universal adult suffrage ?
1 325
2 326
3 327
4 329A
Q The World Ocean Day is observed on which of the following dates of the year ?
1 8 June
2 9 June
3 10 June
4 11 June
Q Which country hosted the World Wrestling Championship in 1967 ?
1 United States
2 Japan
3 India
4 Turkey
Q Varahamihira’s work Panchasiddantika deals with ____ astronomical systems.
1 Three
2 Four
3 Five
4 Two
Q When was Indian Space Research Organisation was established ?
1 1969
3 1957
3 1974
4 1963
Q Gangaur Festival is celebrated in honour of the Goddess __ mostly by the
womenfolk of Rajasthan.
1 Sita
2 Lakshmi
3 Parvati
4 Durga
Q The Ahmadiyya forms a sect of Islam which originated from India . It was founded by ___ in 1889.
1 Shah Walliullah
2 Haji Shariatullah
3 Mirza Ghulam Ahmad
4 Mir Nisar Ali
Q The lowest temperature at which a substance catces fire is called its ___
1 explosion point
2 melting point
3 ignition temperature
4 combustio temperature
Q Rovers Cup is associated with which of the following sports?
Ans 1. Swimming
2. Lawn Tennis
3. Football
4. Snooker
Q Forest Research Institute of India is located at ___
1 Guwahati
2 Dehradun
3 Shimla
4 Cuttack
Q Which of the following states is traditionally associated with the folk dance named ‘Danda Nacha’?
1 Uttar Pradesh
2 Odisha
3 Gujarat
4 Rajasthan
Q Who was the founder of Bahujan Samaj Party?
1 Munshi Ram
2 Devi Lal
3 Kanshi Ram
4 Lakshman Singh
Q Which law states that endothermic animals from cold climates have smaller
extremities or appendages than closely related species from warm climates?
1 Allen’s rule
2 Reich’s rule
3 Harper’s rule
4 Moller’s rule
Q Nalanda University was established by __ in the 5th century.
1 Skandagupta
2 Chandragupta II
3 Kumaragupta
4 Samudragupta
Q The 42nd Constitutional Amendment was made according to the recommendation of __, set up in 1976.
1 Abhijeet Sen Committee
2 Ajit Kumar Committee
3 Swaran Singh Committee
4 Abid Hussain Committee
Q Which of the following was the capital of Vajji Mahajanapada?
1 Gaya
2 Vaishali
3 Anga
4 Pataliputra
Q Who was the first ruler of Sayyid Dynasty ?
1 Alauddin Alam Shah
2 Muhammad Shah
3 Khizr Khan
4 Mubarak Khan
Q With reference to the administration of Delhi Sultanate, which of the following was the department of State Correspondence?
1 Diwan-i-arz
2 Diwan-i-khairat
3 Diwan-i-risalt
4 Diwan-i-insha
Q Which court in India is responsible for handling civil cases like property disputes, divorce and consumer problems?
Ans 1. Revenue Court
2. Sessions Court
3. Civil Court
4. Criminal Court
Q What is the reason for the similar size of the vascular bundle in monocot leaves?
1 Radial venation
2 Parallel venation
3 Cubical venation
4 Rectangular venation
Q Famous ”Indian Institute of Science” is located in which of the following cities of India ?
1 Chennai
2 Mumbai
3 Bangalore
4 New Delhi
Q The members of a Vidhan Parishad are elected for a term of __ years.
1 6
2 4
3 5
4 7
Q Which layer of the earth’s atmosphere contains the ozone layer ?
1 Stratosphere
2 Troposphere
3 Thermosphere
4 Exosphere
Q Where is the Great Barrier Reef located in which ocean ?
1 Pacific Ocean
2 Indian Ocean
3 Atlantic Ocean
4 Southern Ocean
Q What is the name of the device used to convert alternating current [ AC ] into direct current [ DC ] ?
1 Rectifier
2 Dynamo
3 Transformer
4 Motor
Q Which wind is blowing from the Mediterranean sea to the North Western parts of India ?
1 Western disturbances
2 Loo
3 Mango showers
4 Norwesters
Q Who was the first woman speaker of Lok Sabha ?
1 Meera Kumari
2 VS Ramadevi
3 Sumitra Mahajan
4 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Q What is the position of the Earth when it is at the greatest distance from the sun ?
1 Aphelion
2 Perihelion
3 Summer Solstice
4 Winter Solstice
Q Who was known as the Second founder of the Maratha Empire ?
1 Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath
2 Tarabai
3 Peshwa Bajirao
4 Shahu
Q Chandannagar was established as a French colony in 1673, obtaining permission from______ the then Nawab of Bengal, to establish a trading post on the right bank of the river Hooghly.
1 Mansur Ali Khan
2 Murshid Quli Khan
3 Ibrahim Khan
4 Mir Zafar
Q Who among the following wrote the novel ‘The Great Gatsby’?
1 Chinua Achebe
2 Harper Lee
3 F Scott Fitzgerald
4 Alice Walker
Q In which state is the Kanha National Park located?
1 Bihar
2 Himachal Pradesh
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Karnataka
Q Where is the headquarters of the Spice Board of India located ?
1 Bengaluru [ Karnataka ]
2 Guntur [ Andhra Pradesh ]
3 Pune [ Maharashtra ]
4 Kochi [ Kerala ]
Q One of the classical instruments of India, the Tambura (also called Tanpura in north India), is made of how many metal strings?
1 4
2 3
3 6
4 9
Q Which of the following countries is known for Marsupial Animals ?
1 Brazil
2 Australia
3 Russia
4 South Africa
Q Who founded the Ramakrishna Mission in 1897 ?
1 Debendranath Tagore
2 Swami Vivekananda
3 Ramakrishna Paramahansa
4 Keshav Chandra Sen
Q Who among the following is the author of the book ”An autobiography : Toward Freedom” ?
1 Mahatma Gandhi
2 Jawaharlal Nehru
3 Lala Lajpat Rai
4 Indira Gandhi
Q Who among the following Gupta rulers launched the Nalanda University ?
1 Kumargupta
2 Vishnugupta
3 Skandgupta
4 Chandragupta II
Q ”Thomas Cup” is related to which of the following sports ?
1 Tennis
2 Football
3 Badminton
4 Cricket
Q Which protein is found in grains?
1 Gum protein
2 Gluten
3 Delta protein
4 Arginine
Q Jama Masjid in Delhi was built by __
1 Shah Jahan
2 Sikander Lodhi
3 Akbar
4 Alauddin Khilji
Q The Mughals were descendants of ___from their father’s side
1 Timur
2 Mahmud of Ghazni
3 Genghis Khan
4 Muhammad Ghori
Q Which of the following article of Indian constitution is related with ‘Separation of Judiciary from Executive’ ?
1 Article 40
2 Article 50
3 Article 44
4 Article 46
Q Who is popularly called the “Payyoli Express”?
1 PT Usha
2 Hima Das
3 Dutee Chand
4 Jhulan Goswami
Q Which one of the following countries share the longest land border with India ?
1 Bangladesh [ 4096 km ]
2 Pakistan
3 Nepal
4 Bhutan
Q The Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) was setup in __ as an autonomous organisation by the Government of India.
1 1989
2 1979
3 1969
4 1959
Q ”Bahai Temple” situated in Delhi is also commonly known as ___
1 Yogmaya Temple
2 Akshardham Temple
3 Lotus Temple
4 Shree Sidh Shakti Peeth Shani Dham
Q Where was the headquarters of Arya Samaj shifted to in 1877?
1 Bombay
2 Delhi
3 Lahore
4 Kolkata
Q ‘Game Changer’ is the name of an autobiography of which sportsperson ?
1 Rahul Dravid
2 Shahid Afridi
3 Mathew Hayden
4 Ricky Ponting
Q Which language was classified as an Classical language in the year 2014?
1 Bengali
2 Konkani
3 Odia
4 Malayalam
Q The Central Institute of Arid Horticulture is situated at ___
1 Udaipur
2 Jodhpur
3 Bikaner
4 Sri Ganganagar
Q When was clause (K) of Article 51(A) inserted in the Indian Constitution?
Ans 1. 1999
2. 2002
3. 1990
4. 2004
Q Panna National Park is situated on the bank of which river ?
1 Ken
2 Gandak
3 Siyom
4 Hindon
Q The provision of “Fundamental Rights” in the Indian Constitution has been taken from the Constitution of which country?
1 Canada
2 Germany
3 Ireland
4 USA
Q In which year did the National Assembly of France completed the drafting of the Constitution of France?
1 1794
2 1793
3 1791
4 1790
Q Badruddin Tyabji , the first Muslim president to preside over the Congress, is
associated with which of the following sessions?
1 Allahabad Session 1888
2 Madras Session 1887
3 Bombay Session 1887
4 Calcutta Session 1886
Q In which state is Sankhya Sagar , one of the Ramsar sites of India, located?
1 Tamil Nadu
2 Karnataka
3 Madhya Pradesh
4 Odisha
Q In the mid-eighth century , Dantidurga , a Rashtrakuta chief overthrew his Chalukya overlord and performed a ritual called __.
1 Ashvamedha Yajna
2 Rajasuya Yajna
3 Hiranya-Garbha Yajna
4 Deva Yajna
Q Hariprasad Chaurasia, an Indian flutist in the Hindustani classical tradition, wasawarded with which of the following awards in 2000?
1 Padma Vibhushan
2 Padma Bhushan
3 Padma Shri
4 Bharat Ratna
Q Which of the following movements was started by Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan?
1 Khudai Khidmatgars
2 Ghadhar Movement
3 The Deccan Revolt
4 Individual Satyagraha
Q Which of the following was unanimously adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 22 January 1947?
1 The National Flag
2 The National Emblem
3 Objective Resolution
4 Fundamental Rights and Economic Policy Resolution
Q As per the Regulating Act of 1773 , where was the first Supreme Court as a Court of Record established in India?
1 Bombay
2 Calcutta
3 Delhi
4 Madras
Q Which one of the following lakes and their locations is INCORRECTLY matched?
Ans 1. Lonar-Maharashtra
2. Chilika-Andhra Pradesh
3. Loktak-Manipur
4. Roopkund-Uttarakhand
| Lakes | Chilika Lake [Odisha ] , Loktake Lake [ Manipur ] , Lonar Lake [ Maharashtra ] , Roopkund Lake [ Uttarakhand ] |
Q Article 50 of the Constitution of India mentions about ________.
1 promotion of international peace and security
3 securing the right to adequate means of livelihood
3 promoting equal justice and providing free legal aid
4 separation of Judiciary from Executive in public services